During a brief telephone interview with the American conservative newspaper The New York Post, the president of the United States, donald trumpconfessed that he would not pay the price of the “expensive tickets” for the 2026 World Cupwhich will begin next Thursday, June 11 in the territory of Mexico, Canada and the USA.
This is because the 79-year-old Republican president reacted with great surprise when they announced the ticket prices for the opening match of the American team against the team of Paraguay the next Friday June 12 in the city of Los Angeles, Californiafrom US$1 thousand (Q7 thousand 648).
“I didn’t know that figure. I would definitely like to be there, but I wouldn’t pay it either, if I’m very honest“, responded the New York tycoon, who expressed concern about the affordability of the event for its voters, because, in some cases of resale, the prices of the final reach US$2 million (Q15 million 297 thousand 392).
“If the people of Queens and Brooklyn, in New Yorkor all the people who loves President Donald Trump cannot go to games, he would be very upset. “I would like the people who voted for me to be able to go to at least one meeting,” added the American president, who openly suggested that will study the matter with the authorities.
Prices for the World Cup
According to what was stated by the EFE news agency, the high prices of tickets for resale in the territory of the United States continue to cause controversy, although the International Federation of Association Soccer (FIFA) has insisted on the law of the dynamic market, which allows users to adjust their economic request to the demand.
Ticket prices for the 2026 World Cup are very high and dynamicbecause the legality of resale in stadiums in the United States caused tickets for games in North America to reach values unprecedentedly highas long as there is someone willing to pay them to enjoy a World Cup game.
However, according to ESPNthe world’s leading sports media conglomerate, those high numbers do not necessarily reflect the actual sale pricesince, in many cases, they are an initial reference within the dynamic resale market and can be adjusted depending on the interest of all buyers.
“We have to observe the market. We are in the entertainment market more developed of the world. That is why we have to apply market prices,” argued Gianni Infantino, president of FIFA, who mentioned that prices are they shoot not only for the World Cup final, but also for minor matches attractive.
Fan outrage
Faced with this scenario, the fan network Football Supporters Europe, formally established as an association that claims to have members in 48 European countries, it has been shownamazed” for FIFA’s “extortionate” pricing strategy and has called for ticket sales for all matches to be immediately stopped.
Likewise, the English Fans Embassy of the Football Fans Association stated that it was a “slap” for fans, because tickets for the FIFA event are up to seven times more expensive than those for the 2022 World Cup, held in the territory of Qatar, where there were discounts for children.